What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8886 and 8904?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8886 and 8904 is 6.

GCF(8886,8904) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8886 and 8904, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8886 and 8904.

How to find the GCF of 8886 and 8904?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8886 and 8904. After we will calculate the factors of 8886 and 8904 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8886

Prime factors of 8886 are 2, 3, 1481. Prime factorization of 8886 in exponential form is:

8886 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 1481¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8904

Prime factors of 8904 are 2, 3, 7, 53. Prime factorization of 8904 in exponential form is:

8904 = 2³ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 8886

List of positive integer factors of 8886 that divides 8886 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 1481, 2962, 4443

Step-4: Factors of 8904

List of positive integer factors of 8904 that divides 8886 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 21, 24, 28, 42, 53, 56, 84, 106, 159, 168, 212, 318, 371, 424, 636, 742, 1113, 1272, 1484, 2226, 2968, 4452

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8886 and 8904. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8886 and 8904 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 8886 and 8904